Direction: Norman Foster

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Norman Foster. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


It's All True

1993 · Documentary · 89 min. · France

Direction Orson Welles · Bill Krohn · Myron Meisel · Richard Wilson

Cast Orson Welles

Plot A documentary about Orson Welles's unfinished three-part film about South America.

7.0

80 votes

7.0

80 votes

Woman on the Run

1950 · Movie · 77 min. · United States

Direction Norman Foster

Cast Ann Sheridan · Dennis O'Keefe · Robert Keith · John Qualen

Plot Frank Johnson, sole witness to a gangland murder, goes into hiding and is trailed by Police Inspector Ferris, on the theory that Frank is trying to escape from possible retaliation....

6.6

434 votes

6.6

434 votes

Zorro (TV Series)

1957 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Hollingsworth Morse · Charles Barton · Norman Foster · John Meredyth Lucas

Cast Guy Williams · Gene Sheldon · Henry Calvin · Don Diamond

Plot TV Series (1957-1959). 3 Seasons. 82 Episodes. The only son of Don Alejandro returns to 1820s California to fight the corrupt local military. He plays the foppish dandy by day...

6.5

934 votes

6.5

934 votes

Bat Masterson (TV Series)

1958 · Series · 30 min. · United States

6.3

29 votes

6.3

29 votes

Mr. Moto's Last Warning

1939 · Movie · 71 min. · United States

Direction Norman Foster

Cast Peter Lorre · Ricardo Cortez · Virginia Field · John Carradine

Plot Moto thwarts a ruthless band of international agents who try to foment an international incident by mining the entrance to the Suez Canal and blaming the British.

6.3

32 votes

6.3

32 votes

Kiss the Blood Off My Hands

1948 · Movie · 79 min. · United States

Direction Norman Foster

Cast Joan Fontaine · Burt Lancaster · Robert Newton · Lewis L. Russell

Plot Bill Saunders, disturbed ex-soldier, kills a man in a postwar London pub brawl. Fleeing, he hides out in the apartment of lonely nurse Jane Wharton. Later, despite misgivings about his...

6.2

281 votes

6.2

281 votes

Rachel and the Stranger

1948 · Movie · 92 min. · United States

Direction Norman Foster

Cast William Holden · Loretta Young · Robert Mitchum · Gary Gray

Plot A wandering frontiersman (Robert Mitchum) visits a backwoodsman (William Holden) and his wife (Loretta Young), and during his stay has a profound effect on their relationship.

6.2

291 votes

6.2

291 votes

Journey Into Fear

1943 · Movie · 70 min. · United States

Direction Norman Foster · Orson Welles

Cast Joseph Cotten · Dolores del Rio · Orson Welles · Everett Sloane

Plot A US Navy engineer, returning to the US with his wife from a conference, finds himself pursued by Nazi agents, who are out to kill him. Without a word to...

6.1

859 votes

6.1

859 votes

Charlie Chan at Treasure Island

1939 · Movie · 72 min. · United States

Direction Norman Foster

Cast Sidney Toler · Victor Sen Yung · Cesar Romero · Douglas Fowley

Plot A novelist friend of Charlie's appears to have committed suicide. At the international Exposition held on San Francisco Bay's Treasure Island Charlie shows that Zodiac, a phony mystic who blackmails...

6.0

27 votes

6.0

27 votes

Navajo

1952 · Documentary · 70 min. · United States

Direction Norman Foster

Cast Hall Bartlett · John Mitchell · Francis Teller · Virgil Miller

Plot A young Navajo Indian boy is caught up in the conflict of cultures when he rejects the white man's school. Told in semi-documentary style.

5.7

25 votes

5.7

25 votes

Think Fast, Mr. Moto

1937 · Movie · 70 min. · United States

Direction Norman Foster

Cast Peter Lorre · Virginia Field · Thomas Beck · Sig Ruman

Plot Mr. Moto encounters mysterious goings-on on a ship bound for Shanghai. He recognises his steward as the murderer of a man in San Francisco, and catches him trying to steal...

5.6

42 votes

5.6

42 votes

The Green Hornet

1974 · Movie · 85 min. · United States

Direction William Beaudine · Norman Foster · E. Darrell Hallenbeck

Cast Bruce Lee · Van Williams · Wende Wagner · Lloyd Gough

Plot Several episodes of the 1966 TV series "The Green Hornet" edited together and released as a feature.

5.5

343 votes

5.5

343 votes

Sombrero

1953 · Movie · 103 min. · United States

5.5

24 votes

5.5

24 votes

Mr. Moto Takes a Chance

1938 · Movie · 63 min. · United States

Direction Norman Foster

Cast Peter Lorre · Rochelle Hudson · Robert Kent · J. Edward Bromberg

Plot In the jungle near Angkor Wat in Cambodia, Mr. Moto poses as an ineffectual archaeologist and a venerable holy man with mystical powers to help foil two insurgencies against the...

5.4

23 votes

5.4

23 votes

The Green Hornet (TV Series)

1966 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Allen Reisner · Seymour Robbie · Leslie H. Martinson · William Beaudine

Cast Van Williams · Bruce Lee · Wende Wagner · Lloyd Gough

Plot A newspaper publisher and his Asian valet/martial arts expert battle crime as the feared Green Hornet and Kato.

5.4

410 votes

5.4

410 votes

Thank You, Mr. Moto

1937 · Movie · 67 min. · United States

Direction Norman Foster

Cast Peter Lorre · Thomas Beck · Pauline Frederick · Jayne Regan

Plot Mr. Moto competes with a gang of ruthless treasure-hunters for possession of seven scrolls which, when brought together, form a map which reveals the location of the tomb of Genghis...

5.4

26 votes

5.4

26 votes

Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier

1955 · Movie · 93 min. · United States

Direction Norman Foster

Cast Fess Parker · Buddy Ebsen · Basil Ruysdael · Hans Conried

Plot Legends (and myths) from the life of famed American frontiersman Davey Crockett are depicted in this feature film edited from television episodes. Crockett and his friend George Russell fight in...

5.2

66 votes

5.2

66 votes

Batman (TV Series)

1966 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Bob Kane · Oscar Rudolph · James B. Clark · George Waggner

Cast Adam West · Burt Ward · Neil Hamilton · Alan Napier

Plot TV Series (1966-1968). 3 Seasons. 120 Episodes. Wealthy entrepreneur Bruce Wayne and his ward Dick Grayson lead a double life: they are actually crime fighting duo Batman and Robin. A...

5.0

8K votes

5.0

8K votes

Indian Paint

1965 · Movie · 91 min. · United States

Direction Norman Foster

Cast Johnny Crawford · Jay Silverheels · Pat Hogan · George J. Lewis

Plot Nishko is a chief's son in the Great Plains, before Europeans arrive. During his rite of passage, he's determined to tame a painted pony. He approaches manhood while his peaceful...

4.8

30 votes

4.8

30 votes

Davy Crockett and the River Pirates

1956 · Movie · 81 min. · United States

Direction Norman Foster

Cast Fess Parker · Buddy Ebsen · Jeff York · Kenneth Tobey

Plot Davy Crockett and his sidekick Georgie compete against boastful Mike Fink ("King of the River") in a boat race to New Orleans. Later, Davy and Georgie, allied with Fink, battle...

4.7

54 votes

4.7

54 votes